Mother's Day Read Along & Crafts

Let's celebrate Mother's Day with Aksara Store and Kutakatik Art Craft Class this Sunday :))

Mother's Day Read Along &Crafts for Moms and kiddos :))

Sunday 11 May 2014 at Aksara Kemang. From 1 pm - 3pm.

Featuring the best selling children picture book by Nancy Tillman "Where Ever You Are, My Love Will Find You". Only IDR 130,000/Kid (including healthy snack, all creative materials). You just have to bring photo of kids & mom and used cartoon/box/bottle.

Email to aksarastore@gmail.com or call Aksara Kemang at 021-7199 288 to book your seat.

Aksara Reading Rainbow

Aksara Reading Rainbow is back!

More pics here :))

It takes a pencil to draw, a book to open up their imagination & a very small contribution to make a big difference :)

Dear all,

Adalah salah satu mimpi saya untuk bisa membantu anak-anak di Indonesia. Kebetulan teman baik saya, Nila dan Eva, mengajak saya untuk berbagi dan meluangkan waktu untuk mengunjungi anak-anak Taman Bacaan Pelangi di beberapa daerah bagian Indonesia Timur dalam waktu dekat ini. Dan, kebetulan pula sudah lama sekali saya ingin berkunjung ke tempat tersebut.

Taman Bacaan Pelangi adalah organisasi nirlaba yang mendirikan perpustakaan bagi anak-anak di pelosok Indonesia bagian Timur. Tujuannya adalah menumbuhkan minat baca anak dan meningkatkan akses terhadap buku bacaan berkualitas bagi anak-anak tersebutl. Didirikan pada tanggal 5 Desember 2009 oleh Nila Tanzil, Taman Bacaan Pelangi saat ini telah berada di 26 desa yang tersebar di 11 pulau di Indonesia Timur, antara lain: Flores, Timor, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sulawesi, dan Kepulauan Banda di Maluku.

Terhitung bulan ini, biaya kelas yoga saya akan didonasikan untuk anak-anak di Indonesia bagian Timur. Dan juga biaya kelas Kutakatik saya. Setiap 1 anak yang ikut 1 kelas yoga, akan membantu 10 anak di desa pelosok Indonesia Timur untuk mengikuti workshop kreatif di Taman Bacaan Pelangi. Sebagai informasi, satu desa bisa sampai dengan seratus anak.

Hanya dibutuhkan satu pensil untuk menggambar, satu buku untuk membuka pikiran, dan sebuah kontribusi kecil untuk membuat perbedaan.

Ayo ikut kelas KidsYoga atau ikut Kutakatik Art Craft Class. Untuk info lebih lengkap dan kalau mau ikut menyumbang bisa email ke: kyra.pradiono@gmail.com


Terima kasih :))

ps: Untuk info lebih lanjut tentang Taman Bacaan Pelangi, bisa dilihat di www.tamanbacaanpelangi.com, www.facebook.com/pelangibook, atau Twitter @pelangibook

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Dear all,

It has been among my dreams to help indonesian children. Fortunately my good friends, Nila and Eva, asked me to join them to share and spend some time with children from Taman Bacaan Pelangi (Rainbow Reading Gardens) in remote areas of Eastern Indonesia, a place I wanted to visit.

Taman Bacaan Pelangi is non-profit organization which set up community libraries for children living in remote areas in the eastern part of Indonesia. Its aim is to nurture the children's interest in reading and increase their access to quality books. The library will enable the children in the most remote areas access to good quality books. Established in December 5, 2009 by Nila Tanzil, Taman Bacaan Pelangi is now available in 26 villages spreadout in 11  islands in East Indonesia, among them: Flores, Timor, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sulawesi and the Isles of Banda in Maluku.

This month, I will donate my earnings from my kids yoga class to the children in East Indonesia. Also from my art and craft clas. Income received from every child taking 1 yoga class will cover the fee of 10 children in the remote areas (1 village may have up to 100 children) of eastern Indonesia to participate in a Creative Workshop at Taman Bacaan Pelangi.

It takes a pencil to draw, a book to open up their imagination,  and a very small contribution to make a big difference. 

So come join my KidsYoga class kiddos or Kutakatik Art Craft Class . For more info and for those who are interested in donating, kindly email to kyra.pradiono@gmail.com

Thank you :))

ps: For more information on Taman Bacaan Pelangi, please go to www.tamanbacaanpelangi.com, www.facebook.com/pelangibook, or Twitter @pelangibook

*Foto dari Taman Bacaan Pelangi

Make Magic Do Good

Dallas Clayton is one of my favorite author and artist for children's book. I collect his books. "Make Magic! Do Good!" is an adorable book filled with fun poems and artwork. The illustrations are just as magical as the poems. This book will make young readers smile and makes you want to have positive attitudes and trying something new. One of my favorite books for sure now. I'm so happy because I was looking for this book for quite a long time, and then when I went to Singapore last month, it was there...on the shelf at this book store! If it meant to be...it meant to be :)

The book is best summed up by Dallas Clayton's words on the back of the cover...

I wrote this book to remind you that you’re magic.
You’re reading this.
You right now.
You here and you there.
You’re something special,
and I hope that someday
you get a chance
to make your own book
or paint your own picture
or build your own rocket ship
or find your own kind of happiness
and that you get a chance
to share it with the rest of us
just like I got a chance
to share my happiness
with you.

Go get it if you can!

"Reading Rainbow" with Oliver :)

Another fun day at Aksara Kemang for "Reading Rainbow" with kiddos and Kutakatik Art Craft Class :))

More pics here :))

See you next month kiddos!!

Reading Rainbow at Aksara Pacific Place

Another Reading Rainbow at Aksara Pacific Place with Kutakatik Art Craft Class and we had fun!

We'll see you again on May 25th at Aksara Kemang with different book.

More pics here :))

Aksara "Reading Rainbow"

Aksara "Reading Rainbow" is back with Kutakatik Art Craft Class :)

We'll see you again on May 11th at Aksara Pacific Place with differen book too :))

More pics here..

Flora and the Flamingo ♥

I collect children books and got this one last weekend. I'm in love with this book...heartwarming :)

Molly Idle used to be an artist working for DreamWorks Feature Animation and from there she leapt into the world of children’s books :)

"In this innovative wordless book, a tentative partnership blooms into an unlikely friendship between a girl named Flora and a gracefull Flamingo. With a twist, a turn and a flop, this unlikely friends learn at last how to dance together in a perfect harmony."